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SS Orizaba (1939)

Overview

ES Orizaba

country	Nazi Germany
namesake	Orizaba, Mexico
owner	Hamburg America Line‡R1R‡
operator	Hamburg America Line
registry	Hamburg‡R1R‡
route	Hamburg – Caribbean
builder	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg‡R1R‡
launched	11 February 1939
completed	1939‡R1R‡
in service	1939
out of service	26 February 1940‡R2R‡
homeport	Hamburg
fate	Ran aground, 26 February 1940‡R2R‡

SS Orizaba (or "ES Orizaba", with "ES" standing for "Electroschiff" ) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was built in Hamburg 1939[1] and wrecked off northern Norway in 1940.

Orizaba was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly. Orizaba is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Building

Orizaba was built in Hamburg and completed in 1939.[1] She was one of three sister ships launched in 1939 for HAPAG. She and her sister SS Antilla (1939) were built by Deutsche Werft in Finkenwerder, Hamburg,[1][3]

SS Orizaba (1939)

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